2024-04-11 09:00:28
The plot, the story, and the sequence of events have always been among the most prominent and best things that attract us in the world of video games, and make us deeply connected to the characters, heroes, and their allies, making painful betrayals something that affects us greatly and may become an unforgettable memory in our minds and hearts.
In the world of video games, where battles come alive and test our feelings, some faces hide malicious intentions that threaten trust and change the course of events. In this journey, we will sail through 5 stories from the world of games, where trust is stabbed in the back and threads of treachery are revealed, leaving behind deep scars in our souls. .
Ted Faro’s plan goes from saving the world and global famine to destroying it without realizing the risks and limits of his ambitions in Horizon Zero Dawn
When Ted Faro in a game Horizon Zero Dawn When he first founded Faro Animated Solutions, his original goal was to help people, creating robots to perform simple tasks to serve humanity, and later green robots to combat the effects of recent natural disasters. His company, Faro Animated Solutions, led the necessary efforts to improve the environment, and Faro earned the title of the man who saved the world. .
But the limits of his ambitions did not stop there, as with the passage of time Faro began to develop military technology, and after the great success he achieved and the enormous profits resulting from that, he became obsessed with obtaining power and owning the best thing that technology could provide in the world without taking into account the consequences of that, and as a result Then these machines begin to go awry and lead to the events that we all know would have caused the end of humanity, and the erasure of all life.
But that was temporary before the start of the Horizon Zero Dawn project, and what Elizabeth Sobeck did to stop the plan to end life on the planet by machines, which Faro tried to interfere with and stop as well, out of his desire to actually end the world after what happened, or at least erase what he did and his actions caused. Removing the archive of science and making humans primitive beings who know nothing about evolution and previous human civilization.
Micah Bell and his great betrayal of the game’s hero, Arthur Morgan, in Red Dead Redemption 2
While the gang members are heroes Red Dead Redemption 2 In Guarma, Micah Bell becomes an enemy spy, providing the Pinkertons with information that will help destroy Arthur and accompanying him into the gang from the inside. In fact, it is clear that Micah loves and values himself above all else from the beginning, while the rest of the gang at least… They have loyalty, respect and selflessness for each other in the most difficult situations.
Dutch was the only person who loved Micah, while everyone else found him somewhat unacceptable or suspicious and did not trust him to the fullest extent, but this does not make his betrayal any less harmful because he directly helps in killing many members of the group, and even plays a large role in the end, Arthur’s final confrontation with Micah could end in several ways, either by leaving Arthur to die after the confrontation or by killing Arthur himself and finishing him off, and this depends on the players’ choices in the game and the path they followed in the character’s behavior.
Big Smoke betrays his friend CJ in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
If you are a GTA San Andreas player, there is no doubt that you remember well Big Smoke’s shocking betrayal of the game’s hero. In fact, signs of his disloyalty appear in the game shortly after he pushed the gang to sell hard drugs on the streets, which increased the power and wealth of the rival gangs after doing so. Contrary to what the Grove Street gang boss and CJ’s brother known as Sweet suggested, these actions would put other members and the community in danger just to increase profits a bit.
Where Big Smoke works in secret without the gang’s knowledge and cooperates with other gangs to sell drugs, and at the same time he behaves in front of his gang as if he were someone trying to keep the streets clean and build a positive public image for his family, but things are revealed directly during the events so that we discover his true motives, and the game’s hero confronts him in… San Andreas’ final mission, when he states that he does not regret any of his actions and publicly admits to betraying the gang in order to get rich, yet it is painful for CJ to kill an old friend.
Peter Parker’s sidekick Harry Osborn went from his best friend to his worst enemy in Spider-Man 2
Harry Osborn was Peter’s best and most loyal friend, who helped him in many situations and saved the lives of many people and even some repentant villains. However, as events develop, the black suit he wears is able to completely control his actions, so he betrays his close friend Peter Parker and begins to cause him a lot of trouble. And he turns into his main enemy after getting rid of the original enemy of the game.
Things lead to him kidnapping Spider-Man’s lover, Mary Jane, and turning her into one of his agents, and harming the residents of the city that Peter loves and doing everything in his power to defend it, accompanied by his friend Miles Morales.
Albert Wesker betrayed STARS and Raccoon City to fulfill his ambition in Resident Evil
Wesker’s betrayal may be more clear and prophetic than the other painful betrayals in our article, as he mysteriously disappears from the beginning of the game, and one of our partners disappears with him in the Spencer Mansion, leaving us completely alone in the midst of this horror and darkness that hangs over the place.
Just looking at Wesker’s appearance, his clothing, and the black glasses he wears all the time gives us the immediate impression that there is something fishy about this person from the beginning, but the decision to betray him has a huge impact on the entire series, as Wesker is seen for the first time as the leader of STARS who may lead them to their survival in… Spencer’s palace protects them, and it was a great shock to many, even the game’s heroes themselves, when he finally reveals that he works for the evil Umbrella, at the end of the first part of Resident Evil.
In today’s article, we talked about 5 of the most severe betrayals that affected us in video games, and changed our outlook and the way we see things in general, and perhaps some of them in fact still bother us to this day.
Do you have other examples of major painful betrayals in gaming to share with us? Maybe in Portal 2 or MW2 or other? What is the biggest betrayal in the history of video games, in your opinion?
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